A bit light issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics for April (vol. 708): Pal, I. Jadhav, M. Shulaker, D. Z. et al. The stellar origins of 96Zr excesses in presolar graphites from the Murchison meteorite A42 202556719 Salo, H. Sicardy, B. … Read More »Note, Paper: Small Bodies of Small Bodies
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences has a special issue, “Navigating Asteroid Impact Hazards: Astronautics Strategies for Planetary Defense” (link.springer.com/collections/didcicgjgf), which I’ve written about before. The special “issue” keeps going into April (vol. 73 #2): McMillan, R. S. Brucker, M.… Read More »Note, Paper: More ‘Roid Toil
The AAS subpage AASNova highlights some of the more curious news and papers: aasnova.org/2026/03/20/details-on-dinkinesh-and-its-surprise-satellite-from-the-lucy-mission Yes, we can extract a lot of information about a body from a simple flyby. Certainly now, since the Lucy spacecraft has been equipped with rather… Read More »Note, Paper: Dinkinesh Inches
Just in from Nature Communications (vol. 17): Ryan, A. J. Ballouz, R-L. Macke, R. J. et al. Low thermal inertia of carbonaceous asteroid Bennu driven by cracks observed in returned samples 2443 s41467-026-68505-1 Thermal inertia- the ability to retain or… Read More »Note, Paper: ‘REx Cracks Facts
Wow, what a JGR-Planets (Journal of Geophysical Research…) for Mar 2026 (vol. 131 #3): Baijal, N. Asphaug, E. Denton, C. A. et al. Exploring the Interior Structure of (16) Psyche Through Basin-Scale Collisions 2025JE009231Pamerleau, I. F. Sori, M. M. Scully,… Read More »Note, Paper: Geophysics Bits and Hits
Finally, Space Sci Rev has published (vol. 222): Vincent, J. B. Kovács, G. Nagy, B. V. et al. The Asteroid Framing Cameras on ESA’s Hera Mission 31 s11214-026-01288-5 Hera successfully launched to, and is now bound for, the binary asteroid(s)… Read More »Note, Paper: Asteroid Cam Plan
Recent activity from Planetary Science Journal (2026, vol. 7) features: Kirchoff, M. Marchi, S. Cochran, M. et al. Formation Age of Ernutet Crater, Ceres, and Implications for Origin of the Organics 40 ae3568Braga, L. Amarante, A. Ferreira, F. et al. … Read More »Note, Paper: PSJ Native or Aged
Now in Acta Astronautica for April (vol. 241): Dorrington, S. Olsen, J. Parametric economic modeling of asteroid mining architectures Pg 19 .2025.11.006Gavira-Aladro, M. Bombardelli, C. Exhaustive search of gravity assist trajectories for rapid reconnaissance and deflection of fictitious asteroid PDC2025 Pg 325… Read More »Note, Paper: Asteroids, Found, Fictional, Feasible…
Now available in MNRAS (Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.) for March 2026: Volume 546, Issue 4Wang, Q. Cheng, B. Dai, W-Y. et al. Threshold velocity of wind erosion on the surface of comet 67P stag200Yaginuma, A. Taylor, A. G. Seligman, D.… Read More »Note, Paper: Comets and Quasi-Comets Alike
Let’s see what else we can see on our little traveler: https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=17726 Bockelee-Morvan, D. Langevin, Y. Poulet, F. et al. Detection of H2O in the coma of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with MAJIS/JUICEATel #17726; on 23 Mar 2026; 14:32 UT 3I/ATLAS… Read More »ATLAS Gas Passed MAJIS